Hall Brothers Shipbuilders

By Gary M. White

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Hall Brothers designed and built some of the finest sailing ships ever constructed on the Pacific coast. Isaac, Winslow, and Henry Knox Hall acquired their shipbuilding training at the center of America's boatbuilding industry in Cohasset, Massachusetts, during the 1840s. Following the Gold Rush of 1849, Winslow Hall migrated to San Francisco. In 1863, he built the Sarah Louise, which was the first Hall vessel to be launched from the West Coast. Eleven years later, the Hall Brothers Shipyard was established at Port Ludlow in the Washington Territory. In 1881, the shipyard was moved to Port Blakely on Bainbridge Island. From the launching of the Annie Gee in 1874 to their last ship, the five-masted schooner George E. Billings, built in 1903, Hall Brothers constructed 108 vessels for merchants in the Northwest, San Francisco, and Hawaii.

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ISBN:

9780738556147

Format:

Paperback

Publisher:

Arcadia Publishing

Date:

3/31/2008

State:

Washington

Series:

Images of America

Images:

200

Pages:

128

Dimensions:

6.5 (w) x 9.25 (h)

Author

Gary M. White, maritime researcher, historian, and editor of Arcadia Publishing's Maritime Seattle, has spent over 30 years studying the Hall Brothers' legacy. His photographs—selected from museums and private collections—and the many stories associated with the vessels provide a rich picture of the golden era of wooden shipbuilding.